Foxboro Mike

I love it when you guys talk down to me. Todd - Schobel over Seymour? Are you serious?!?

IMO, sacks are an overrated statistic. Sticking to the team I know best, the Patriots haven't had a 10-sack man in either of their SB years. For instance, Richard Seymour or Aaron Schobel: Schobel has more sacks, but who would you rather have? The deal isn't crippling to the Bills should Schobel struggle, so TD has that going for him... which is nice. Who would you rather have - I'm asking, don't know the answer to this: Ogunleye or Schobel?

Gordon will be hurt by week 5.

Is Evans going to be the 3d WR?

That's where the inability of Gildon to even make the team should be worrysome.

I haven't made a derogatory mention of the Cere... err, Drew in several weeks, although my self imposed ban of any criticism is up as soon as the first game is over.

That's an insane amount of money for an average DE.

I would vehemently disagree - as a matter of fact, I don't think they could be more SIMILAR. Bledsoe/Maddox is a wash at this stage of their careers. Henry/Staley - edge to Henry OL - Edge PIT WRs - Moulds/Reed v. Burress/Ward - Edge PIT Eerily similar, IMO.

Witty!

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Can a statue be a lamb?

Looks like the weather is going to be a factor. It's supposed to pour here for the next day and a half or so. Oh, and Rico, the 2nd half of your prediction will come true.

Week 1 Jags fan checkin' in.

I thought that Bills fans were above "trolling"...?

This is my desktop on my home computer.

(Sword in sheath) I had such supreme confidence in last year's team, I can't even begin to describe it. I knew that after week 5 or so, that they would find a way to win. Beating the "Year After" syndrome will be what BB is preaching this year IMO. On defense, the backfield could be a problem, but the front seven is their strength. The key to the Pats D is not any one player, but the end of the defensive roster is better than other teams'. For instance, who plays OLB? They have Vrabel (a binky of mine), McGinest (good player) and Colvin (progressing very well from his injury). Where I think the changing of the guard will take place is on offense, which IMO is the unmitigated strength of the team. The emphasis on illegal contact will help the Pats' smallish WRs, all of whom run very well after the catch. I think Brady's going to have a monster statisical year, and Dillon will benefit from defenses having to key on the pass. It's the intangibles that last year's team had that can't be quantified and counted on again. The Pats didn't win because they were that much more talented than other teams - although they are VERY talented - but because they were mentally tougher and more resilient than any other team.

Amen!! To paraphrase a poster on a Pats board, "I don't care if he wears tutus at a gay pride parade in the South End during the off-season, just keep bringing home the bling, baby!"

Justice is served!!

Another classy post!!!

Bad seed checkin' in. Hope you all have a blast at the game on Sunday!

Great points. Whatever happened to the "classy" Yanks of Joe Torre?

Bone - those words are kind of ironic coming from Pats fans on a Bills board already, don't you think? I always welcome good smack talk balanced with a Boston outsiders' perspective.

I don't like Manning's game at all, but I'll admit that my view of him is colored of him as (1) a great player on a playoff rival and (2) his likeness (in my eyes, anyway) to Bledsoe, although the Tin Manning's best years are better than The Cer... err, Drew's.

You may be proven right, but I heard the same stuff when PIT came into The Razor to open '02. The final that night was Pats 30, Steelers 14. I'm hoping for a redux.

I'm not as worried about the Colts' passing game as I am about James and the running game. The only time the Colts moved the ball in the AFC CG was when they consistently used James. Harrison was toast in that game after Rodney Harrison and Eugene (The Hitting Machine) Wilson softened him up. Manning's a lot like Bledsoe - make him move, hit him, and he starts getting the 'ol happy feet.